RESULTS OF THE JUNE 17TH DEMONSTRATION AT THE LEUNA WERKE

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CIA-RDP80-00810A002900260001-1
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June 28, 2005
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December 7, 1953
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2005/07/13 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA002900260001-1 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT 25X1 SECRET COUNTRY East Germany SUBJECT Results of the June 17th Demonstration at the Leuna Werke 25X1 DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED 25X1 This Document contains information affecting the Na- tional Defense of the United States, within the mean- ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Oodc, as amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited. REPORT NO. DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. REFERENCES 7 December 1953 to After 17 June 1953, two meetings of the Leana plant personnel took place. At the first meeting on 27 June, free and open discussion was permitted. At the second meeting during mid-July, Walter Ulbricht was present. This meeting was completely under SED control. During the course of his speech, Ulbricht asserted that it was his intention to ferret out and destroy the "resistance movement" among the intel- ligentsia. Immediately after this meetingian informer net was put into operation, which kept a close watch on all top-level Leuna administrative personnel... 2. Two employees, Pleiz (fnu) and Weisshaupt (fnu), were arrested because of a denun- ciation allegedly submitted by Otto Siegmund. Contributions by leading adminis- trative personnel,as well as by the intelligentsia of Leuna,were used to help support the dependents of the arrested- men. . 25X1 25X1 SECRET STATE . #7C ashington #x INAVY X AIR FBI AEC on Indicated By "X"; Field Distribution by "#" ) Approved For Release 2005/07/13: CIA-RDP80-0081OA002900260001-1 25X1 25X1'